From ce98c19dfe7bcfb3174c0898f3c001c38c6d44c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001 15:07:08 +0000 Subject: A patch from Erik Meusel to fix the behavior of 'tail -f -n 0 FILE' --- coreutils/tail.c | 4 ++++ tail.c | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/coreutils/tail.c b/coreutils/tail.c index 4fe92ba5e..90cc2a6ef 100644 --- a/coreutils/tail.c +++ b/coreutils/tail.c @@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv) for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++) { if (fds[i] == -1) continue; + if (!count) { + lseek(fds[i], 0, SEEK_END); + continue; + } seen = 0; if (show_headers || (!hide_headers && nfiles > 1)) printf("%s==> %s <==\n", i == 0 ? "" : "\n", argv[optind + i]); diff --git a/tail.c b/tail.c index 4fe92ba5e..90cc2a6ef 100644 --- a/tail.c +++ b/tail.c @@ -127,6 +127,10 @@ int tail_main(int argc, char **argv) for (i = 0; i < nfiles; i++) { if (fds[i] == -1) continue; + if (!count) { + lseek(fds[i], 0, SEEK_END); + continue; + } seen = 0; if (show_headers || (!hide_headers && nfiles > 1)) printf("%s==> %s <==\n", i == 0 ? "" : "\n", argv[optind + i]); -- cgit v1.2.3